Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-15
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| his third wife, and intrusts to her supervision
| ms not very profitable Texas farm.
! DE LEssEPs is once more going to Panama.
He is, doubtless. startled by the recent asser-
ton of Sir William Thomson that the sun
| VIII be too cold to warm the earth in 10000
| 900 years, and feels that he must hasten the
WORK on his canal.
IT is stated from Detroit that the brain of
the late Prof. Edward Olney, of the Michigan
| University, weighed 81 ounces. The average
normal weight OF the human brain is 40
| ounces. while the majority of intellectual men
| 60 little above that figure.
THOMAS A. EDISON admits that his high
| pressure work has been too high for his NOR tai
machinery He goes southwark just as the
| blue birds begin TO fly nOrthwArd. He will
| pass the last fortnight ia February and the
| month of March at Fort Myer, Fla.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to give ex-Gev,
,Hoadly complimentary banquet in Cincin-
| natl on the eve of his departure for New
| York. The leading citizens are interested in
| the matter, and it is proposed to make the
| farewell dinner the finest ever given in the
| city.
! WOMAN HATERs have at last got an organ.
| 1t is publ shed at Vienna ana is called the
| Misogynist. The editor announces the deter
mination of the paper, at whatever risk to the
members of the staf, to proclaim its hostility
| to women at all times and under all circum-
| stances.
THE tobacco cultivation is rapidly progress
| ing in the Crimea, where successful attempts
| have been made to acclimatize the best Turk
| ish kinds of tobacco, which are also the least
known in Russia, such as known under the
names of Basma, Persisand. Oujoundjova and
| Yenidje.
AN ITALIAN colony in New York organized
| themselves into a band Of brigands. The po-
| lice objected to the transfer of Continental
To frv md nj tJ,a
| wouldb be lmitators of Fra DiavolO have a fat
| terins prospect of doing considerable time for
| the State. =
LORD SALISBURY has purchased small es-
| tate on the Riviera at Beaulleu, near Monte
| Carlo, and he intends to build villa on it
| The ground is well wooded and the site of the
| projected house, which is on the shore of the
Mediterranean, commands an extensive and
| beautiful view.
| THE late Bishop Potter was Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in
| Washington, now Trinity, College, Hartford
| Conn, from 1928 to 1883. While there he de-
| signed the handsome stone bridge which
| spans the Park river on Name street. In 1887
| he declined an election TO the Presidency of
| the college.
THERE win be splendid and elaborate fes-
| tivites at Berlin lasting from March IL to 26,
| in honor of the Emperor's Goth birthday ami
| versary. The Prince of Wales will be there,
ria and Prince William OF nuremberg, and
possibly the Emperor Francis Joseph and the
| Car of Russia.
| A LITTLE old woman IN tattered attire sells
matches on the Streets of Philadelphia. She
| is named Maria Louisa Hancock and claims
| relationship to the dead General. Although
apparently very poor she Is said to be worth
| $4,000. She secures her entire sustGn
| from free lunch counters in saloons where
| she sells matches.
SEVERAL prominent m embers of the New
Y ork Stock Exchange have started a move
meut for the establishment of what is known
| in Paris as the PeCit BOurse. which is in a
| handsome building in the residential part of
The city. where stock brokers meet in the early
| evening Immediately after dinner and do
business. which is ratified at the Bourse itself
| the next morning.
ONLY fifty years ago, says Sir Spencer
| Wells. the average duration of human life in
| Great Britain was 80 years; to-day, acco I'd =
| ing to statistics. it Is 40 years. In this fifty
| years the population has increased by $780,
| 0CO. At least two out OF these 100000 of
| increase may be put down as the fruit OF
| improved sanitary and medical work, and
| of victory over preventable sickness.
A REvIEw called Der Frauenfeind. or En-
| envy OF Woman" is to be started In Vienna.
| The editor, Herr Grose, has set before him
| self the object of emancipating man from his
| subsection to "that doll, " oman, whom Idle, q
idealize and fools bow do wn before as to a di-
| vinity.2 He says that there are exceptions
| to this denunciati0n, and generously exempts
| whole classes of the sex from the scope of his
| review.
MRS. B. T. ROGERS, of Kenosha, Wis, OWES
an intelligent collie dog. Two weeks ago Miss
Rogers lost a valuable gold watch. and, al
| though large rewards were offered tor its re-
| cOvery, and many Kenosha people join ed in
the search. no trace of it could be found. On
| Sunday morning the dog walked INTO the
| house with the missing article en- its mouth
| The Rogers family firmly believe he heard
| them talking about it and looked for it and
| found 1t.
If the Prince of Wales. as is announced In
the caole dispatches, has appeared in a box at
London theatre with conspicuous double
watch chain drawn across the rotund protu-
| berance of his vest he mas set a fashion which
Will be regarded with disfavor. a watch
chain never looks well with evening dress. A
foD with seals is quite recherche. But If the
| Prince els not averse TO displaying his vest
jewery other people will be forced, no doubt
10 overcome their prejudlces.
HIS Majesty Franz Josef. of Austria Hun
gary, has recently caused revolution in state
etiquette. Hitherto at the receptions of their
imperial and royal majestes the wives of
| state officials who We're not of noble birth
| could not be admitted. AT the last bali al
the Hofburg Sc veral ladies who did not enjoy
| this privilege were invited and presented by
| the Empress to the EmI eror. This revolution
| sip in European court circles.
AN old Indian known as Nevos died at San
Diego recently. who, the Union says, was l25
| years old. He was reared by the first mis-
sionaries who came to Lower California. and
was brought by them to San Diego. He was
| for many years stone blind, but always re-
fused to go the poorhouse. He worked right
| along until within II short time Of his death
He would cut wood, wash clothes, hoe corn
and beans, but never, although he couldn't
| see, was he known TO hurt a nil OF beans.
MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER 10 in Paris
studying, and had definitely decided to go
upon the stage. Nine. Plessy, her teacher,
calls her "the Roche of the Future" 1t il
| not yet certain ''w whether she VIII first appear
| in London or New Y ork. Her social trium phs
/ in England last year, when she was the que &
OF the Prince and Princess of W ales, on board
| their yacht at COwes, would make her debut
| in London a matter of very general interest -
Why not in Washington, to which she owes
| her fame?
THE most magnificent sapphire in the world
lie the property of a noble Russian family. it
| 10 over two inches in length, and ia an inch
| and half wide. its color being rich AZURE
! 1t is perfect in form ana IN water. This peer
less gem was in the keeping of a Parislan
| jeweler some years ago, when the sum OF
| 100000 francs was offered for II by one of the